I have not used optical out but I have had problems with analogue out (7.1). Not getting side speakers. I just today took the X-fi out and am using the onboard sound via optical. Working fine. I really do wonder why Creative are so successful in the soundcard space. I think the cards themselves are great but the driver support is appalling. This is confirmed by the fact that a Realtek piece of crap soundcard can give me 5.1 surround sound in Windows 7 when neither my Soundblaster Audigy 2 zs or Soundblaster x-fi can do the same.
Media centre PC - Case Silverstone LC16M with 2 X 80mm AcoustiFan DustPROOF, MOBO Gigabyte MA785GT-UD3H, CPU AMD X2 240 under volted, RAM 4 Gig DDR3 1033, HDD 120Gig System/512Gig data, Tuners 2 X Hauppauge HVR-3000, 1 X HVR-2200, Video Palit GT 220, Sound Realtek 886A HD (onboard), Optical LiteOn DH-401S Blue-ray using TotalMedia Theatre Power Corsair VX Series, 450W ATX PSU OS Windows 7 x64
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